Director/PDMR Shareholding

Standard Life plc

08 June 2026

 

8 June 2026

Standard Life plc (the 'Company')

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS BY A PERSON DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ('PDMR')

Exercise of nil-cost options under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') and the Deferred Bonus Share Scheme ('DBSS').

The Company was today informed that on 5 June 2026, the following Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 'PDMR' exercised their nil-cost options over ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company under the LTIP and DBSS granted on 12 March 2021 and 17 March 2023 respectively.

LTIP

Vesting of these options was subject to criteria relating to the Company's performance over a three-year performance period to 31 December 2023 and the options were then subject to a two-year holding period following the end of the performance period. The number of options acquired includes dividend equivalent shares.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold to cover Tax and Employee NI	Number of ordinary shares held	Sale price per share (in pence)
Sara Thompson	Group Chief People Officer	37,125	17,589	19,536	759.56

DBSS

Vesting of these options was subject to a three-year holding period in respect of the deferred bonus for the financial year ended 31 December 2022. The number of options acquired includes dividend equivalent shares.

Name	Title	Number of options exercised	Number of ordinary shares sold to cover Tax and Employee NI	Number of ordinary shares held	Sale price per share (in pence)
Sara Thompson	Group Chief People Officer	32,204	15,258	16,946	759.50

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by a person discharging managerial responsibilities.

The Notification of Dealing Forms for the PDMR can be found below. This announcement is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of the UK Markets Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018). 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities
Name	Sara Thompson
Reason for the notification
Position/status	Group Chief People Officer
Initial notification /Amendment	Initial Notification
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
Name	Standard Life plc
LEI	2138001P49OLAEU33T68
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Standard Life plc ordinary shares of 10 pence each GB00BGXQNP29
Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's LTIP and DBSS and sale of shares to cover tax liabilities.
Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) in pence Volume(s) Exercise of LTIP options nil 37,125 Sale of shares - LTIP 759.56 17,589 Exercise of DBSS options nil 32,204 Sale of Shares - DBSS 759.50 15,258
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	32,847 759.53
Date of the transaction	5 June 2026
Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Enquiries:

Media Shellie Wells, Corporate Communications Director, Standard Life [phone]	Investors Claire Hawkins, Director of Corporate Affairs & Brand, Standard Life [phone]
Tom Blackwell Managing Director, FTI [phone]	Joanne Roberts, Investor Relations Director, Standard Life [phone]

 

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